Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Le Minh Hung Hung has asked relevant agencies to help implement non-cash payments for public services, including tax, electricity, water, hospital and education fees.
Many schools, hospitals and public service providers have installed QR code readers, enabling their clients to pay their bills via mobile phones and bank cards.
Fifty million of the 132 million bank cards issued in the country are not in use, causing an enormous waste of resources, the Vietnam Bank Card Association has said.
The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) recently completed the building of a standard set for domestic cards, according to State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
The People’s Court of Hanoi on March 14 sentenced three Chinese men, all from Jiangxi province, to up to 42 months in prison for using fake bank cards to steal cash from ATMs.
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